Cochran-Siegle 14th in Super-G

Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) was the top finisher in 14th for Team USA in super-G Friday afternoon at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

"This was a good day, but having me be the top finisher and no athletes in the top 10 was kind of a bummer – especially when we have had so much success in the past at this event," Cochran-Siegle said. 

Matthias Mayer of Austria won the gold as Switzerland’s Beat Feuz, who won the bronze in Thursday’s downhill, earned the silver medal. Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud, the silver medalist in the downhill, won the bronze.

Jared Goldberg finished 24th. Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, N.Y.), the reigning Olympic silver medalist in the event after taking bronze at the Vancouver 2010 Games, and two-time Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) both did not finish.

"I knew I was the dark horse coming into super-G, so I needed to take a lot of risks to even have a chance," Ligety said. "I made a dumb mistake at the bottom. My times were good, not in line with a medal position, but in line with what I wanted. Super G is really good training for me for Giant Slalom. It gives me the confidence to arch clean turns at high speeds. I will take how I skied out of today with confidence and move it forward to Sunday (in the giant slalom)." 

Up next, the men compete in giant slalom Sunday. The first run start time is 10:15 a.m. KT / 8:15 p.m. EST Saturday. The second run is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. KT / 11:45 p.m. EST.

RESULTS
Men’s super-G